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Averting potential security risk  
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Written by houseworkshy the 7 Feb 10 at 20:53. Related project: Gnome. Awaiting moderation
I have noticed a new feature, apt:urls, which may become a problem in future. The default grace period after entering the password following a sudo command is 15 minuets. Subsequent commands do not require the password, in the case of apt:urls it is one click and without, a file preview, password, or further warning installation commences. To my knowlage all the apt:urls I have seen are benign, in the future this may change.
Sudo is often used when users are online, following guides online, double checking some admin task before posting, any use of synaptic. I doubt many wait for fifteen minuets or type sudo -k before they contine with other online activities, often they may even browse at the same time as, say, installing in another desktop. This could become a risky practice as malware for linux proliferates.
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Solution #1: sudo active warning button in toolbar.
Written by houseworkshy the 7 Feb 10 at 20:53.
An icon in the tool bar would help to remind users, who may be browsing anywhere, that sudo is active. This button could also have a timer, and "stop" attached, clicking it could run "sudo -k"

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Brainstorm 'Search' unable to find Ideas  
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Written by sdsalsero the 9 Feb 10 at 21:21. Related project: brainstorm.ubuntu.com. Category: Website structure. Awaiting moderation
If I search for 'raid' from the Brainstorm homepage it reports no hits, but I know this is not true! Is there some additional filter being applied? For instance the drop-down selector for "Most Popular Last 30 days" is still listed on the search-results page; is it only searching for 'raid' on recent Ideas?

With the latest long-term release (10.04) approaching I wanted to check the status of my 2008 suggestion re simplifying software-raid installation. I know for a fact that there are about a dozen similar suggestions so how come the search function can't find them??

As proof, here are 2 such Ideas:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1855/
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/531/
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Solution #1: Improve 'Search' function results
Written by sdsalsero the 9 Feb 10 at 21:21.
1. The default Search should be able to find all Ideas with the word 'raid' in their title.

2. The results page should not list the drop-down selector, e.g. 'Most Popular Last 30 Days", since it suggests that the results may be filtered (but does not definitively state such)

3. The results page should clearly state ANY and ALL filters being used. Yes, there is an indicator in the top-right near the search window but I would like the search parameter and all filters listed in the primary results 'window'

4. There should be a clear indicator and preference for whether the search is for Idea 'Title' and/or 'Body'. Currently there is no indication one way or the other.

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turn num-lock key on durring boot  
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Written by tommynz1975 the 9 Feb 10 at 21:41. Related project: Live CD installer. Awaiting moderation
Num-lock key is off until you hit num-lock at the login screen or after login process.

The current solution is to install numlockx
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NumLock
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Solution #1: install/setup numlockx during install
Written by tommynz1975 the 9 Feb 10 at 21:41.
having this installed at the 1st instances saves the 1st aggravation of having to hit the num-lock button constantly.

Then when you give up on this having to search to see if it can be automatically done for you.

I realise half the fun is to search and discover, but a new user might think it a little flaky not to have this setup to begin with. I have used and loved Ubuntu for near on 4 years.

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simpilfy file-pasting  
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Written by nuclearboy the 9 Feb 10 at 21:19. Related project: Nautilus. Awaiting moderation
When a file is pasted (Strg+V) into a folder where a file with the same name already exists, an error message like

"A file named ... already exists. Do you want to replace it?"

is raised. If the other file mustn't be replaced, one has to rename one of the old files and retry. Sometimes this can become annoying.
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Solution #1: expand pasting dialog
Written by nuclearboy the 9 Feb 10 at 21:19.
Additionally to the buttons "cancel", "skip" and "replace" a new option should be provided:

"paste file using a different name"

the new name would then have to be entered into a text field.

This would make it easier to move files, because conflicts could be resolved directly without changing existing files or going back to other folders.

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Released inactive "names" in Launchpad  
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Written by marquinos the 9 Feb 10 at 20:51. Related project: launchpad.net. Awaiting moderation
Launchpad is rising sharply.
If an user wants a "name", that name can be register.
Note: The "name" is: https://launchpad.net/~name
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Solution #1: Release inactive users in Launchpad
Written by marquinos the 9 Feb 10 at 20:51.
By example, if in 1 year the user was inactive (or karma = 0) release for others users that wants that "name".


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Taskbar space optimization  
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Written by deaddecoy the 9 Feb 10 at 19:07. Related project: Compiz. Awaiting moderation
There have often been times where I have multiple programs open, with the taskbar cluttered with a slew of items. E.g. firefox for browsing data, a terminal to edit source and run programs, an mp3 player for music, and a few text files to look at data.

Some items are accessed more frequently then others, but I still have to hunt through taskbar for the correct application. My suggestion is to have a few options for optimizing the space on a crowded taskbar that would ultimately reduce the amount of hunt-clicking the user has to go through.




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Solution #1: Give more emphasis to heavily used items in the taskbar.
Written by deaddecoy the 9 Feb 10 at 19:07.
1) Allow taskbar items to dynamically resize based on their usage. If I'm constantly toggling between two files, it would be nice if their icons were slightly bigger or easier to recognize versus less frequently used items.

2) Allow for selective grouping of applications in the taskbar. This sorta comes from observing how windows behaves. If the taskbar is getting crowded, it groups items of a similar application. This is annoying if the files I'm looking at are grouped away in another level of indirection, thus forcing the user to hunt-and-click some more. It would be nice to have an icon represent a group of infrequently used items, that way I could free up more taskbar space for important applications.

This is similar to compiz's window-grouping feature, but that feature lacks the ability to select the active window from the taskbar item.

3) Allow for icons on the taskbar to have two selective sizes: small or large. This way, again, I could assign more weight to heavily used applications and less to infrequently accessed ones.

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OpenOffice is big, slow and not always efficient  
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Written by ilembitov the 7 Feb 10 at 14:41. Related project: AbiWord Word Processor. Awaiting moderation
OpenOffice is a decent product for those who need a free alternative to MS Office. However, there are a plenty of people who don't need all the functions that OO can offer. There are many people who work with texts a lot, and this texts won't ever get printed. They will be sent via e-mail, handed over on a USB-stick, published online - for download or in a blog/some CMS. Those are bloggers, students and many others. Everybody who needs to write a publication and doesn't need some complicated formatted needs something different than OpenOffice. Look at http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html - that's pretty much what I am talking about.

So, we need a word processor that is:

-fast
-lightweight
-DE-agnostic (so both GNOME and XFCE users could enjoy it)
-efficient (no features that shouldn't be in a text processor, like slideshow or XMPP client - in AbiWord's case)
-optimized for small screen (like those found in netbooks), so no obscure toolbars.

Currently, no such word processor exists (which is why Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04 will have GoogleDocs instead of OpenOffice). AbiWord is buggy (there are frequent artifacts in rendering), has weird set of features (you can't manually pick the desired pulgins without rebuilding the whole abiword-plugins) and slow. And it depends on GNOME. There is Koffice, but it's KDE (which doesn't make it worse as such, but GNOME and XFCE users who want to remain lightweight can choose it). So we need something new here.
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Solution #1: A new word processor
Written by ilembitov the 7 Feb 10 at 14:41.
I guess, it should be GTK, since that is what most lightweight systems (LXDE, XFCE, etc) are based upon. You could use all the C libs and do the app itself in PyGTK, since it would be easier to develop.

It shouldn't support all the formats. It's hard to implement, the current implementations are slow and buggy anyhow. So pick ODT as default! It's a format we can support the best. For MSO-compatibility we can offer RTF/RTFD (which is RTF with images). Yeah, MS Word and WordPad don't really follow the standard, but RTF should be relatively easy (because there is a specification from MS) to implement, so it's a compromise. Anyways, we don't have to bother with DOC and DOCX - and so we can get a fast app. Do one thing, but do it good.

Other output format should include PDF/PS (since it's easy to get PDF/PS output for GTK apps) and xhtml (because we are in 2010, so we need a web publication-ready app).

It should also have shortcuts for all main features, because people who work with text a lot prefer to keep their hands on the keyboard.

The functionality should be well-defined. We need things like changes history (like in Kword, where you can get back to any revision of the text), all the main formatting options. I would also love to see a "Reveal codes"-like feature (like in WordPerfect) where you can manually define formatting with markup tags. We could use a Markdown-like language for that, which is easy to and doesn't get into spell checker's way. And it's great for doing things that usually suck in WYSIWYG, like lists and images.

And, of course, the plugin system. I'd love something for working with WordPress/Blogspot, etc, for example.

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Change Gnome (gtk/metacity/icons/backgroun d) a simplier way  
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Written by Otacon87 the 9 Feb 10 at 15:58. Related project: Gnome. Awaiting moderation
Gnome is really _very_ customizable, but new users doesn't know where to get themes / icons / window decorations etc...
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Solution #1: Make Gnome Appearence Settings download themes from gnome-look
Written by Otacon87 the 9 Feb 10 at 15:58.
Kde downloads themes/icons/background from kde-look.org why gnome doesn't?
Integrate gnome-look (or other websites) with appearence settings!

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make bootup process quicker  
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Written by Raimond78 the 9 Feb 10 at 13:20. Global category: Usability. Awaiting moderation
making ubuntu auto login is quick, but unsafe
boot ur pc/laptop and it goes to the login screen, when u come back have to login and wait
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Solution #1: login automatically, load the desktop, but lock it
Written by Raimond78 the 9 Feb 10 at 13:20.
make the pc/laptop boot
autologin
then lock the screen, so when u come back u login and it is ready to go!

include this somewhere in the login screen.
and able to select the desired user

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Adding a "Force Quit" to the panel is not useful and doesn't work  
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Written by anbuselvan2004 the 8 Feb 10 at 19:28. Related project: Gnome. Awaiting moderation
Adding a "Force Quit" to the panel is not useful and doesn't work or going through the terminal window is painful.
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Solution #1: Add "Force Quit" item on the right-click over taskbar on a frozen window/app
Written by anbuselvan2004 the 8 Feb 10 at 19:28.
Adding the "Force Quit" to the menu item on right-click over the taskbar(to who worked on windows - similar to Task Manager to close the frozen windows/apps) will be effective & reliable.

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